Safety carrying-band.



' E; MAKER. SAFETY CARRYING BAND. APPLICATION FILED D EC. l5, I916.-

Patente d Augi' 7, 1917.

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ERNEST MAKER, or sums; Rosa, CALIFORNIA.

SAFETY CARRYiNG-BAND.

Specification of Letters Patent;

Application filed December 15, 1916.. Serial No. 137,224.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it-known that I, ERNEsrMAKER, a citi- Zen of the United States,residing at Santa Rosa, in the county of Sonoma and State of California,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety Carrying-Bands, of which the following is a specification.

' This invention relates to an improved safety carrying band and has asits primary object to provide a device of this character, particularlyadapted foradjustable connection about the arm or other part of theperson and provided at its free end with a snap for receiving apocketbook, card case, or

other similar article to be safely and easily- 'end of the band may beengaged with said buckle to form a loop for receiving the article to becarried by the band. And the invention has as a still further object toprovide an improved mounting for the snap of such nature that the saidsnap will not be likely to' be pulled loose from the band.

Other and incidental objects will appear as the description proceeds andin the drawings wherein I have illustrated the preferred embodiment ofthe invention and wherein similar reference characters designatecorresponding parts throughout the several views:

Figure 1 is a perspective view bf my improved band, illustrating themanner in which a conventional type of card case may 'be connected tothe snap of the band-t0 be carried by th esaid band,

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary perspective view showing the snap of the bandengaged with the'buckle thereof to form a loop and illus-. trating aconventionaltype of powder box engaged with the said loop to be carriedby the band,

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the band with the snap end thereof shown insection and illustrating the manner in which the snap is connected withthe band, and

Fig. 1 is a transverse sectionalview particularlyshowing the eyelet inthe snap end of the band. for receiving the link connecting the snapwith the band.

, In carrying out the invention a strap or suspension element 10 ofapproved length is employed. This'stra p is formed of fabric or othersuitable material and at one end thereof is equipped with a buckle 11suitably secured to the adjacent end of the strap.

The buckle 11 includes a slidable'catch 12 provided with a plurality .ofteeth 13 to cooperate with the free end of the strap.

At its extremity opposite the buckle 11, the strap is equipped with asubstantially U- shapedbinding clip 14 preferably of metal bent aroundadjacent margins ofthe strap to overlie the contiguous end thereof withthe legs of the clip extending longitudinally Patented Aug.'*7,'1917.

of the strap. Fitted through the strap between the said legs, is a metaleyelet 15 having its ends overturned for connecting the eyelet with thestrap. Swiveled in the said eyelet and extending loosely through theb-ight of the clip 14, is a link 16 and connected to the outer endof'the said link is a suitable snap or attaching device 17 It will beobserved that by this arrangement the snap 17 with the link 16 may beturned upon the strap and by connecting the said link with the eyelet15, the link cannot easily pull out. Furthermore, it will be observedthat the bight of the clip 14 will coeperate with the said eyelet tosupport the link upon the strap with the legs of the clip holding thematerial of the strap from spreading at the eyelet to release theeyelet.

In use, the snap end of the strap is threaded I through'the buckle 11 inthe manner shown in Fig. 1 with the teeth 13 of the catch 12 engagingwith the strap for holding the buckle at adjustment. By sliding thebuckle longitudinallyupon the strap, the band may be adjustably fittedabout the arm or other part of the person with the free end of the strapdepending to receive a card case asconv'entionally illustrated at 18, apocket-book or other similar article. For connecting the card case withthe band, the snap 17 may be hooked in the ring of the said case withthe case thus securely attached to the band to. be safely carriedthereby.

In some instances, it may be desired to form a loop of the free end ofthe strap and to accomplish this result, the snap 17 is hooked upon oneend of the buckle 11, as illustrated in Fig. 2 to form a loop 19. Thering of a powder box as conventionally illustrated at 20 in the drawingsmay be connected with this loop when the box may be safely carried bytheband. It will, of

course, be understood that any other appropriate article may beconnected with the loop 19 in a similar manner. The band, when not beingused for carrying articles, may be employed as an ordinary strap, thetype of buckle employed making it possible to adjustably fit the straptightly about different objects without reference to any variation inthe size of the said objects. Furthermore, owing to the nature of thebuckle, the band may be easily adjusted about the arm or other part ofthe person to fit comfortable thereon. In some instances, it might befound desirable to thread the band through a button hole in the clothingfor connecting the band with the person. The band is of such nature thatit may be easily so arranged with the free end of the band depending forreceiving the article to be carried thereby. In other instances, itmight be desired to connect the snap 17 directly with the buckle withoutpassing the intermediate por tion of the band through the buckle In thisway, the length of the band would be formed into a continuous loop to besuitably engaged with an article or object with the said loop forming aneasy means for carrying the said article or object.

It will, therefore be seen that I provide a 'particularlyeflicientconstruction for the purpose set forth and While I have indicatedvarious different ways in which the band may be 'employed in use, stillit will be understood that the said band may be employed in variousdifierent other ways not necessary to be herein mentioned.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed as new is:

1. A device of the character described ineluding a suspension element,an eyelet extending through and connected thereto, an attaching device,and means connecting the said attaching device with the said element andengaged .with said eyelet with the said means disposed in a plane withthe said element. I

2. A device of the character described including a suspension element, amarginal binding clip carried thereby, an eyelet fitted through thesaid. element, an attaching device, and a link connected to the saidattaching device and swiveled in the said eyelet with the said linkfitted freely through the said clip. 4

3. A device of the characterdescribed including a suspension element, anattaching device, means embedded in the suspension element, meansconnecting the attaching device with the said element and swiveled uponthe said first mentioned means, and means carried by the said elementand rotatably receiving the said second mentioned means intermedia-teits ends to provide a guide and support therefor. I In testimony whereofI afiix my signature.

ERNEST MAKER. [Ls] fiopiee of this patent may be obtained for five centseach, by addressing the Commiss oner of Patents Washington, D. G.

